(10-07-2014 05:35 PM)Revenant77x Wrote: Of A game not of the Franchise. The Franchise's mascot is Pikachu. The Franchise of Pokemon is more than the games it is everything and Pikachu is by far the most crossed over and referenced Pokemon.

Yeah and the mascot of naruto is Naruto. Naruto is the face of the anime. Naruto is seen in all advertisments for the franchise, and he is the most recognizable character in the anime by those who don't watch it. however the most popular character is itachi. Popularity does not mean you are the face, and being the face does not make you popular. My point, just because pikachu is the most popular, and people notice him, he is not the face. Hell when B/W came out he was no where to be found, he was not even in the game with out events and cheats. Pikachu is even classed never used, meaning barely any pokemon player uses him. Out of the franchise many pokemon have been used for advertising and introducing new things to the franchise. Again being the most recognizable and popular does not equal being the face of the franchise. There are multiply faces in pokemon. If someone thinks of emerald, pikachu is not.

Woah now we are bringing up Naruto... My fav character is Gara. And I don't really like Charizard I have a soft spot for the Bulbasaur line but yeah as much as Pokemon fans don't like him pikachu is the most recognizable

(10-07-2014 05:58 PM)Metazoa Zeke Wrote: Yeah and the mascot of naruto is Naruto. Naruto is the face of the anime. Naruto is seen in all advertisments for the franchise, and he is the most recognizable character in the anime by those who don't watch it. however the most popular character is itachi. Popularity does not mean you are the face, and being the face does not make you popular. My point, just because pikachu is the most popular, and people notice him, he is not the face. Hell when B/W came out he was no where to be found, he was not even in the game with out events and cheats. Pikachu is even classed never used, meaning barely any pokemon player uses him. Out of the franchise many pokemon have been used for advertising and introducing new things to the franchise. Again being the most recognizable and popular does not equal being the face of the franchise. There are multiply faces in pokemon. If someone thinks of emerald, pikachu is not.

Woah now we are bringing up Naruto... My fav character is Gara. And I don't really like Charizard I have a soft spot for the Bulbasaur line but yeah as much as Pokemon fans don't like him pikachu is the most recognizable

Oh I know pikachu is, but he is not the face of pokemon because to many pokemon are advertise for the franchise. Also I don't like naruto I just used to watch it. Also venusaur is best kanto starter.

(10-07-2014 06:41 PM)Dustinstig Wrote: Woah now we are bringing up Naruto... My fav character is Gara. And I don't really like Charizard I have a soft spot for the Bulbasaur line but yeah as much as Pokemon fans don't like him pikachu is the most recognizable

Oh I know pikachu is, but he is not the face of pokemon because to many pokemon are advertise for the franchise. Also I don't like naruto I just used to watch it. Also venusaur is best kanto starter.

(10-07-2014 06:46 PM)Metazoa Zeke Wrote: Oh I know pikachu is, but he is not the face of pokemon because to many pokemon are advertise for the franchise. Also I don't like naruto I just used to watch it. Also venusaur is best kanto starter.

Pikachu is most definitely the face of pokeman.
You know how to tell? He's the one everyone knows. That's what being the face of something means. People recognize you by your face. People recognize pokeman by pikachu. Everyone knows pikachu.

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(11-07-2014 02:52 PM)LostandInsecure Wrote: Pikachu is most definitely the face of pokeman.
You know how to tell? He's the one everyone knows. That's what being the face of something means. People recognize you by your face. People recognize pokeman by pikachu. Everyone knows pikachu.

That is not entirely true. Charizard is more recognized not in the pokemon community(which is large because it is the second best selling of all time with 262 million being sold). Not to mention all of my family recognizes charizard. I have meet people who don't know pickachu but know blastoies. Hell in fact when you think about it in the past america had red and blue where pikachus are no where to be seen on the cover. In fact if anything the name is more recognizable. Some people say pikachu and think of charizard, I know I have seen happen. That is why there is no face of pokemon, because everyone is a face.